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Overall, there are slightly fewer women than men
in the world. For every 100 men, there are 98.6 women. If
you just take the adult population, the ratio is different.
There are nearly 1 billion adults in the world. Two out of
every three of them is a woman. Out of every four households
in the world, one is headed by a woman.
| Ratio
of women to men by region, 1970 and 1995
|
| The
number of women for every 100 men |
|
|
1970 |
1995 |
| Developed
regions |
| Europe |
106 |
105 |
| Other
developed |
101 |
103 |
|
| Africa
|
| Northern
Africa |
99 |
97 |
| Sub-saharan
Africa |
104 |
102 |
|
| Latin
America and Caribbean |
| Latin
America |
99 |
100 |
| Caribbean |
106 |
103 |
|
| Asia
and Pacific |
| Eastern
Asia |
98 |
97 |
| South-eastern
Asia |
99 |
100 |
| Southern
Asia |
95 |
95 |
| Central
Asia |
90 |
92 |
| Western
Asia |
93 |
95 |
| Oceania |
93 |
95 |
|
| World |
99.6 |
98.6 |
Look
of the gender ratio statistics for different countries.
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